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Liverpool Shipping Branch
member Frank Murphy
belatedly received his 50 year
medal recently from retired
national secretary Steve Todd
two years after he retired in
2019.
Frank had been an active
member of the NUS and RMT
for over 55 years and was the
eighth longest active member
in the entire union and the
longest active seafarer
member at time of retirement.
He first went away to sea
on July 20 1964 on The
Empress of England as a
laundry boy. He then went on
to work on various cargo ships
until 1966 when the National
Seamans strike began.
His first job after the strike
was onboard the 'Golfito' to
the West Indies. He then went
to work for Cunard and
Empress ships with former
RMT National Secretary Tony
Santamera and union activist
Frank Fearon.
Frank then worked on
various ships including the
brand new Cunard flagship
'QE2' before he settled on
'home trade' ships sailing from
Hull, Felixstowe and finally
Harwich onboard Stena
Britannica.
He took part in another
bitter National Strike in
1988/89 and stood solidly with
his Dover comrades through
terrible intimidation by P&O
Ferries who tried to destroy
the NUS by sequestration of
its assets. His comrades and
colleagues wish him a long
and happy retirement.
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RMT organiser Ian Boyle receives his 25-year badge from
assistant national secretary Mark Carden and retired national
secretary Steve Todd
25 FOR IAN
FIFTY YEARS FOR FRANK
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